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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 408177" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Actually, that IS a symptom of schizophrenia, paranoid type. Is there any of that in the family tree on either side? </p><p></p><p>I would ask her outright if she hears things or sees things that others don't. She may or may not tell you the truth, but it's the only way to maybe find out for sure. There is also paranoid depression, which I had for a year when I was thirteen. Once I came out of it, that type of depression never returned, but I remember it. It was a thought disorder, I think. I thought the kids at school, who really DID make fun of me, were standing outside the house so I would whisper instead of talk loud and I thought they were calling me on the phone (which they may have been) and hanging up. But, all in all, it was paranoia. I've explained it to my psychiatrists years later out of curiousity and that's the answer I get. With me, it was obviously not schizophrenia because it went away and never returned and extremely bad depression can cause it. I don't know about anxiety. I had tons of that too, but to me it seemed that the depression caused it. I also had a feeling of unreality about the world (depersonalizatin, deralization). Has your daughter ever said that she feels as if s he is in a dream and does it terrify her?</p><p></p><p>I don't think anyone here really knows why she has paranoia. The really, really best thing you can do is to get her to a different psychiatrist who knows his stuff and bring it up to him as something you are concerned about. Do you feel she has a good grasp of reality? Does she ever talk about things that you know are not true but she totally seems to think they are true? Again, what does her family tree look like, especially on dad's side? These things, unfortunately, are inherited and even if she never sees him, she carries 50% of his DNA. Hugs and take care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 408177, member: 1550"] Actually, that IS a symptom of schizophrenia, paranoid type. Is there any of that in the family tree on either side? I would ask her outright if she hears things or sees things that others don't. She may or may not tell you the truth, but it's the only way to maybe find out for sure. There is also paranoid depression, which I had for a year when I was thirteen. Once I came out of it, that type of depression never returned, but I remember it. It was a thought disorder, I think. I thought the kids at school, who really DID make fun of me, were standing outside the house so I would whisper instead of talk loud and I thought they were calling me on the phone (which they may have been) and hanging up. But, all in all, it was paranoia. I've explained it to my psychiatrists years later out of curiousity and that's the answer I get. With me, it was obviously not schizophrenia because it went away and never returned and extremely bad depression can cause it. I don't know about anxiety. I had tons of that too, but to me it seemed that the depression caused it. I also had a feeling of unreality about the world (depersonalizatin, deralization). Has your daughter ever said that she feels as if s he is in a dream and does it terrify her? I don't think anyone here really knows why she has paranoia. The really, really best thing you can do is to get her to a different psychiatrist who knows his stuff and bring it up to him as something you are concerned about. Do you feel she has a good grasp of reality? Does she ever talk about things that you know are not true but she totally seems to think they are true? Again, what does her family tree look like, especially on dad's side? These things, unfortunately, are inherited and even if she never sees him, she carries 50% of his DNA. Hugs and take care. [/QUOTE]
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